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Griselbrand gives big life swings, as does Sphinx of the Steel Wind however both are the preserve of combo style decks

Being in Boros colors (red/white) gives her access to plenty of double strike enablers like Reyav, Master Smith or Boros Charm, which can turn her stagger ability into a game-ending combo

Is Kassandra a lot fairer without access to the library of Voltron cards, past and present

Decks that want to play counters are almost always control decks, and control decks would much prefer to gain life rather than cause opponents to lose life, so all things being equal they would have preferred to play with Absorb but there were other considerations that forced most of them down the black road instead